1 : a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments. 2 : the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment. 3 : human ecology. 4 : environment, climate the moral ecology; also : an often delicate or intricate system or complex the ecology of language.
published its Final Rule in the Federal Register placing tramadol into Schedule IV effective August 18, 2014. (Tramadol is a centrally acting opioid analgesic first approved for use in the U.S. in 1995 under the name âUltramâ.
Today the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published its decision to schedule tramadol as a Schedule IV controlled substance. The rule becomes effective August 18 of this year. The DEAâs action was fairly swift, having published its proposal to schedule tramadol just eight months ago (see blog post from November 2013).